Thorough classification of 23 mating situations, including Legal's pseudo-sacrifice, the double check, smothered mate, Greco's mate, the Corridor mate, and many others. Learn from 127 games by Tartakower, Janowski, Rubinstein, Blackburne, others, illustrating positional maneuvers leading to these mates. Review quizzes test progress.
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The Art of Sacrifice in Chess by Rudolf Spielmann Grandmaster shows how to win games by giving up pieces. Describes games against Réti, Tarrasch, and other masters. Introduction. 91 diagrams.
